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Rosemary Dyson is a Lecturer in Applied Mathematics and part of the Systems Science for Health initiative. She applies the principles of mathematical modelling to mechanical problems in biological and industrial contexts, generating novel insights into the systems involved, as well as new mathematical techniques. As such her work is inherently highly collaborative, involving frequent interactions with experimentalists.

She coordinates the Mathematics in the Plant Sciences Study Group series, week-long events where assembled mathematicians work on problems brought by plant scientist. Rosemary is always interested to discuss the potential for cross-disciplinary collaboration whether in the context of the study group or her own research.

Qualifications

MMath (Mathematics, Oxford 2003)

DPhil (Mathematics, Oxford 2007)

Biography

Rosemary Dyson graduated with an MMath from the University of Oxford in 2003. She went on to complete a DPhil within the Oxford Centre for Industrial and Applied Mathematics under the supervision of Dr Peter Howell and Dr Chris Breward on “Mathematical modelling of curtain coating”. This project was sponsored by ArjoWiggins via a Smith Institute industrial CASE award.

In 2007 she started as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Centre for Plant Integrative Biology, University of Nottingham where she was part of a large interdisciplinary team in which she was responsible for developing mechanical models of plant growth. These models form part of the “virtual root” currently under development at CPIB. She took up a Lectureship within the School of Mathematics at the University of Birmingham in 2011 as part of the System Science for Health initiative, and is also a member of the Centre for Systems Biology.